Snow day at home for Yankees, Mets

Teams will try to play host to Rays, Phillies, respectively, Tuesday

Men shovel snow from the sidewalks in front of Yankee Stadium before the New York Yankees home opener against the Tampa Bay Rays, Monday, April 2, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Men shovel snow from the sidewalks in front of Yankee Stadium before the New York Yankees home opener against the Tampa Bay Rays, Monday, April 2, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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Men shovel snow from the sidewalks in front of Yankee Stadium before the New York Yankees home opener against the Tampa Bay Rays, Monday, April 2, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Men shovel snow from the sidewalks in front of Yankee Stadium before the New York Yankees home opener against the Tampa Bay Rays, Monday, April 2, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Photo: Seth Wenig

Snow day at home for Yankees, Mets

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The New York Yankees' home opener against the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday was postponed because of snow.

The game has been rescheduled for Tuesday at 4:05 p.m.

No. 5 starter Jordan Montgomery remains the scheduled pitcher for the Yankees. The Rays will shift to ace Chris Archer in place of Austin Pruitt, who won Thursday's opener in relief.

The Yankees are 2-2 and the Rays are 1-3.

The game between the Philadelphia Phillies and New York Mets was also postponed because of wintry weather.

Snow was covering the diamond at Citi Field when Monday night's game was called off six hours before it was supposed to begin.

The game was rescheduled as a single-admission doubleheader on July 9.

Philadelphia and the Mets are set to play Tuesday night and Wednesday afternoon. Rain is in the forecast both days.

Matt Harvey was pushed back a day and is to start for New York on Tuesday. Seth Lugo, the No. 5 starter, will be skipped in favor of opening day winner Noah Syndergaard on Wednesday, and Jacob deGrom is to start Thursday's series opener at Washington.

The Phillies opened the season by losing two of three in Atlanta. The Mets took two of three at home against St. Louis.

Tigers 6, Royals 1: Francisco Liriano pitched into the seventh inning and Victor Martinez drove in three runs to give Ron Gardenhire his first win as manager of the Tigers. Gardenhire won 1,068 games as manager of the Minnesota Twins from 2002-14. This is his first year at the helm in Detroit.

Pirates 5, Twins 4: Colin Moran hit a first-inning grand slam in his debut at PNC Park, Jameson Taillon tied a career high with nine strikeouts and Pittsburgh held on for the win in its home opener.

Astros 6, Orioles 1: Charlie Morton pitched six scoreless innings, Marwin Gonzalez homered and Houston beat Baltimore in the Astros' home opener. Morton (1-0) allowed three hits and struck out six. Brad Peacock pitched a perfect seventh and Will Harris allowed one hit in the eighth before Collin McHugh took over. The starter-turned-reliever allowed a homer to Trey Mancini and a double to Colby Rasmus before retiring the last three batters.

Cardinals 8, Brewers 4: Pitcher Miles Mikolas hit a home run and got the win in his return from a three-year stint in Japan, and the Cardinals spoiled the Brewers' home opener. St. Louis shortstop Paul DeJong connected for the second straight game, hitting his third homer this season.

Reds 1, Cubs 0: Rookie Tyler Mahle pitched one-hit ball for six innings, Raisel Iglesias struck out Anthony Rizzo with the bases loaded to end the eighth, and the Reds got their first win of the season. Eugenio Suarez tripled in the fourth and scored on Adam Duvall's groundout.

Blue Jays 4, White Sox 2: Russell Martin hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the seventh inning, Josh Donaldson and Aledmys Diaz each had a solo shot and Toronto won its third straight game. All six runs in the game came on homers. Welington Castillo went deep twice for the White Sox, his sixth career multihomer game and third straight against Toronto.

Nationals 8, Braves 1: Bryce Harper hit a three-run homer for the Nationals, who are 4-0, the best start in their Washington history. Tanner Roark (1-0) allowed a run and four hits in seven innings, with one walk and six strikeouts.